International Corporate Governance

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• The financial economics and socio-economic foundations of corporate governance.
• Develop a critical understanding of the nature of modern corporations and the social, economic, political, and legal systems that govern them.
• The similarities and differences across various national corporate governance systems.
• The institutional, and legal environment of corporate governance.

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Individual report writing.
• Undertake academic and practitioner-oriented research in real-world corporate settings.
• Critically analyse and communicate complex issues.

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Critically analyse some of the ethical issues that arise in relation to corporate activity.
• Critically assess the role of corporate governance in business success and failure.
• Apply economic, socio-economic, and socio-political theories to corporate governance issues and debate.

• The nature of modern corporations and the evolution of corporate governance
• Theories of corporate governance
• Institutional framework of corporate governance
• Directors and Board Structure
• Compensation for directors and executives
• Institutional investors and family-owned business
• Effectiveness of internal control, internal audits and external auditing
• Corporate governance and corporate sustainability
• International corporate governance development

Teaching methods include:

• Lectures

Learning activities include:

The module will be taught through a range of methods such as lectures, indicated reading, group discussions, feedback from your own experience, analysis and interaction with each other, and exploration of case studies/academic journal papers and, where appropriate, videos. The learning environment provided will be highly interactive, meaning that in order for the course to be successful your contribution is as important as ours.

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

In-class formative opportunities

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback: Oral feedback will be provided during lectures. Where appropriate, short quizzes and ad-hoc multiple choice tests are used and students can use their performance for self-reflection on which areas to focus additional attention on. Individual feedback on request and/or where deemed necessary.
• Final Assessment: No
• Group Work: No

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.